On an old MySpace page belonging to George Zimmerman,
the man who shot and killed Trayvon Martin and is charged with his
murder, makes disparaging comments about Mexicans and details his
response to a criminal case against him in 2005.

"In that regard, it is possible that the statements Mr. Zimmerman
made could be used as part of the trial, and therefore it is our policy
not to comment directly on items that could become evidence," the site
read. The statement also indicated that the social media accounts of
"all the parties" involved might come under scrutiny, and may be
introduced at the trial as evidence.

Photos on Zimmerman's MySpace page show Zimmerman, who calls himself "Joe G.," with groups of friends. In
his biographical blurb, he discusses things he doesn't miss about his
former home in Manassas, Virginia:

I dont miss driving around scared to hit mexicans walkin on
the side of the street, soft ass wanna be thugs messin with peoples cars
when they aint around (what are you provin, that you can dent a car
when no ones watchin) dont make you a man in my book. Workin 96 hours to
get a decent pay check, gettin knifes pulled on you by every mexican
you run into!”

In an August 24, 2005 blog post, he boasts about his relief about the proceedings in a criminal case.

Im still free! The ex hoe tried her hardest, but the judge
saw through it! Big Mike, reppin the Dverse security makin me look a
million bucks, broke her down! Thanks to everyone for checkin up on me!
Stay tuned for the A.T.F. charges......

A few days later, he expresses happiness that the other charges against him were reduced to misdemeanors.

2 felonies dropped to 1 misdemeanor!!!!!!!!!!! The man knows
he was wrong but still got this hump, Thanks to everyone friends and
fam, G baby you know your my rock!

In 2005, a 20-year-old Zimmerman was arrested and charged after an altercation with a police officer. The same year, his
ex-fianceé filed a restraining order against him and accused him of
domestic violence.

The 28-year-old Zimmerman shot and killed Trayvon Martin, an unarmed
black 17-year-old, on the night of Feb. 26. The case has garnered
international attention, as many have called the case an example of
rampant racial profiling, and have called for a repeal of Florida's
"Stand Your Ground" gun laws.

Social media has played a major role in the case so far. News about
the case spread virally on sites like Facebook and Twitter before it was
picked up by mainstream outlets, and Martin's since-deleted tweets were made public by the Daily Caller,
a conservative news website. One of Martin's accounts, called
"NO_LIMIT_NIGGA," in which Martin is shown with gold fronts in his mouth
and talking about drug use, was seen by many Zimmerman supporters as
evidence that the slain teenager was a hoodlum.

"These were not protected tweets," the site's editor told The
Huffington Post about the decision to run Martin's tweets, which were
from an account that was no longer active. "While he was alive, these
were not outside of the public sphere in any shape or form."